Secret Talks Try To End Hostage Crisis In Peru

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April 4, 1997

LIMA, PERU — Moves to end Peru's 107-day-old hostage crisis were shrouded in secrecy Thursday as government officials and peace brokers continued behind-the-scenes talks. Canadian Ambassador Anthony Vincent, one of a team of three mediators, spent an hour Thursday inside the Japanese ambassador's residence where Marxist rebels have held 72 hostages since December 1996.